I love how people constantly keep b!tching about what the playstation has, and how the Xbox 360 is better. IMO the PS3 gets more bang for the buck. I bought a 160GB harddrive for my ps3 (2.5 inch laptop), it costed me 45$ on newegg. My buddy bought a 120gb HD for hix 360 and he paid 160$, thats a 115$ difference. he wanted wifi too, that costed another 100$. and then he wanted rechargeble controller batteries, 24$ (for two) and then it RRODed, so he was Xbox-less for like 3 weeks. and then he needed a memory card for some reason $$$ another $49.99 (ps3 can just use a usb stick/drive) and then i got 2 HDMI cables for 5 dollars each from SLICKDEALSdotNET, one for me, one for him. BUT it didnt fit, so he had to buy proprietary cables from Bestbuy for xbox, another 50$. SO, I can completely justify paying 3 dollars to rent a movie, or some time to set up a media server to stream them. Thankyou very much sony. I wanted it all, and you gave me it. The ps3 is a MUCH better value than the 360.
PS3 360 System $400 $ 200-300 HDD (120) $50ish $160 Wifi Free $100 Batteries Free $12 per Mem. 512mb 2$ $49.99 HDMI $10 $49.99 Online Free 50$ year Total $462 $661.98
Movie(rent) $3-5 (1) $8.99/mo (unlimited) Thanky you, bit I can pay a little more for my movies :)
Xbox 360 - 199.99$ w/ 20gb HDD and Free Wireless controller (circuit city BF) and 256MB Memory Card Batteries - Energizer 2-Pack AA 1700 mAh Rechargeable Batteries with Value Charger Energizer (10-20$). Easy to replace. Wifi - 20$ Asus router w/ DD-WRT (Bridge/Client mode) Memory Card - Free ^ see above HDMI - 4.99 (monoprice) - Fits perfectly. Online - 3.08$ a month (newegg 12+1 month Xbox Live Card)
Total - 268.98$ . Thats 200$ saved.
The only thing is the 120GB HDD and you can use that 2.5'' laptop drive that you got for the PS3 on the XBox 360. You just need to use a different "method".
I love how people constantly keep touting all of the benefits of the PS3, even if it is only barely tangibly related to the article. I'm glad that you can post a nice spread sheet of dollar totals, but I am not really seeing a connection to whether sony should (or shouldn't) revamp their XMB or add Netflix.
Anyway, on the actual topic, Sony won't add Netflix because MS has an exclusive contract, at least for the near future. They can spin it or whatever, but in reality there isn't a question of whether sony will add it or not- They legally can't. As for their specific spin, they need to revisit their own offering before touting it as worth focusing on. I don't own shit that I buy from the PSN. I can't even download it again if my hard drive dies (as the owner of 3 dead PS2s I have no faith in the longevity of the PS3. It certainly won't be around as long as my DVDs). I am paying a lot for a highly restricted version. The MS approach of buy once, download as much as you want that is used with their video service is vastly superior, even if it is necessary because of the anemic drive sizes in their console. I think both Sony and MS could take a good long look at Amazon On Demand to see how it is really done right, with streaming rights, portable media rights, and download rights all included in one purchase. Hell, I think they should both just use Amazon On Demand instead of rolling their own stores.
I was reffering to rechargeble batteries, normal(not BF) prices, and you did not state the fact that you have virtually NO storages space other than internal and mem. card. plus, isnt it eaisier just to get your system fully functioning right out of the box instead of having to trample people on BF, pay yearly/monthly for a subscription, and have to constantly replace remote control batteries. The ps3 has wireless(bluetooth) rechargeble controllers covered under a warranty, and a much cleaner, eaiser interface to work with.
I personally like the option of removable battery. If you understood the nature of how rechargeable batteries work you will know that in the future you will have to REPLACE your PS3 CONTROLLER rather than just REPLACE the BATTERY like on a Xbox 360 controller. I never knock the PS3 but you have to get over yourself. The PS3 has it's cons like other systems do. Xbox 360 owners don't have the ability to use any HDD "normally" PS3 owners can't switch out the battery in their controllers "normally" ect.
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I love how people constantly keep b!tching about what the playstation has, and how the Xbox 360 is better. IMO the PS3 gets more bang for the buck. I bought a 160GB harddrive for my ps3 (2.5 inch laptop), it costed me 45$ on newegg. My buddy bought a 120gb HD for hix 360 and he paid 160$, thats a 115$ difference. he wanted wifi too, that costed another 100$. and then he wanted rechargeble controller batteries, 24$ (for two) and then it RRODed, so he was Xbox-less for like 3 weeks. and then he needed a memory card for some reason $$$ another $49.99 (ps3 can just use a usb stick/drive) and then i got 2 HDMI cables for 5 dollars each from SLICKDEALSdotNET, one for me, one for him. BUT it didnt fit, so he had to buy proprietary cables from Bestbuy for xbox, another 50$. SO, I can completely justify paying 3 dollars to rent a movie, or some time to set up a media server to stream them. Thankyou very much sony. I wanted it all, and you gave me it. The ps3 is a MUCH better value than the 360.
PS3 360
System $400 $ 200-300
HDD (120) $50ish $160
Wifi Free $100
Batteries Free $12 per
Mem. 512mb 2$ $49.99
HDMI $10 $49.99
Online Free 50$ year
Total $462 $661.98
Movie(rent) $3-5 (1) $8.99/mo (unlimited)
Thanky you, bit I can pay a little more for my movies :)
Xbox 360 - 199.99$ w/ 20gb HDD and Free Wireless controller (circuit city BF) and 256MB Memory Card
Batteries - Energizer 2-Pack AA 1700 mAh Rechargeable Batteries with Value Charger Energizer (10-20$). Easy to replace.
Wifi - 20$ Asus router w/ DD-WRT (Bridge/Client mode)
Memory Card - Free ^ see above
HDMI - 4.99 (monoprice) - Fits perfectly.
Online - 3.08$ a month (newegg 12+1 month Xbox Live Card)
Total - 268.98$ . Thats 200$ saved.
The only thing is the 120GB HDD and you can use that 2.5'' laptop drive that you got for the PS3 on the XBox 360. You just need to use a different "method".
I love how people constantly keep touting all of the benefits of the PS3, even if it is only barely tangibly related to the article. I'm glad that you can post a nice spread sheet of dollar totals, but I am not really seeing a connection to whether sony should (or shouldn't) revamp their XMB or add Netflix.
Anyway, on the actual topic, Sony won't add Netflix because MS has an exclusive contract, at least for the near future. They can spin it or whatever, but in reality there isn't a question of whether sony will add it or not- They legally can't. As for their specific spin, they need to revisit their own offering before touting it as worth focusing on. I don't own shit that I buy from the PSN. I can't even download it again if my hard drive dies (as the owner of 3 dead PS2s I have no faith in the longevity of the PS3. It certainly won't be around as long as my DVDs). I am paying a lot for a highly restricted version. The MS approach of buy once, download as much as you want that is used with their video service is vastly superior, even if it is necessary because of the anemic drive sizes in their console. I think both Sony and MS could take a good long look at Amazon On Demand to see how it is really done right, with streaming rights, portable media rights, and download rights all included in one purchase. Hell, I think they should both just use Amazon On Demand instead of rolling their own stores.
I was reffering to rechargeble batteries, normal(not BF) prices, and you did not state the fact that you have virtually NO storages space other than internal and mem. card. plus, isnt it eaisier just to get your system fully functioning right out of the box instead of having to trample people on BF, pay yearly/monthly for a subscription, and have to constantly replace remote control batteries. The ps3 has wireless(bluetooth) rechargeble controllers covered under a warranty, and a much cleaner, eaiser interface to work with.
No trampling or lining up necessary. I ordered online. Hassle free, deal was available all day.
I personally like the option of removable battery. If you understood the nature of how rechargeable batteries work you will know that in the future you will have to REPLACE your PS3 CONTROLLER rather than just REPLACE the BATTERY like on a Xbox 360 controller. I never knock the PS3 but you have to get over yourself. The PS3 has it's cons like other systems do. Xbox 360 owners don't have the ability to use any HDD "normally" PS3 owners can't switch out the battery in their controllers "normally" ect.